Hello, Fellow Human! Welcome to my website.

Who? Tanya Cook (she/they) is a sociology professor and academic researcher. They are also a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant, and a sometimes stand-up comedian.

What? “A hero and a scholar?” A peri-menopausal, woman-adjacent person who is obsessive about pop culture, all things nerdy, and the power of the sociological imagination? (usually a sociology professor and writer).

Where? Mostly existing in Colorado and often at comic cons around the world.

Why? Because we are all small specks of stardust riding on this rock in space together? More seriously, because I find myself at the crossroads of fandom, sociology, and pop culture and this website shares some of the products of those intersections.